Some people feel that boarding schools ( where students or pupils live at the school during the term) are excellent option for children, while other people disagree for a number reasons.

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boarding
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are traditionally
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option, especially in
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Kingdom (UK), India, China, and parts of Africa. There are arguments on both sides of
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very topical debate, and I will discuss them now. On the one
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those who support
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boarding
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cite
children
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acquire plenty of
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. These range from communication skills,
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to creativity
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, and intellectual abilities. For example,
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often
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quite competent teachers
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experts in their field.
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addition
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pupils will be able to get
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education, which may give them pretty good career opportunities
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,
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known that many
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find friends for a lifetime, and they will stay in contact with each other.
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, opponents of view point out that boarding
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often have pretty high tuition fees. They
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say that paying
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sum of money will never be possible for a middle-class family.
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, only quite privileged
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from wealthy families might have the opportunity to attend those
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.
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,
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is depending on the character of pupils, boarding
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might not be the right way to go.
It is clear that
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some
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are not ready to leave their parents behind at a quite young age. And nurturers should consider
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whether their
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have the characteristics and the mental strengths for
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.
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, it would appear that the decision to send the
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to
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boarding
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should be based on family circumstances and child interest, rather than on
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view that it is
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excellent option for
children
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.
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